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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

I am afraid that I am disappointed with the Minister’s response. The example that we gave—again, from practitioners—was of how a board with malice aforethought could find a way to frustrate a group of shareholders who had to make a special effort to get together. We will take further advice. I am not entirely surprised to hear that the consultation process did not suggest this, because that would be accepting the law rolling on as it was. We will probably want to discuss this further at a later date. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.